FROM TODAY'S PRINT EDITIONS:
Charles Davis writes from Baltimore with a Biblical query: “Has Maryland ever experienced a period of 40 days and 40 nights of rain?” Not by a long shot, at least not in Baltimore since official records began in 1871. NWS science officer Steve Zubrick said: “The longest consecutive stretch of days having measureable (0.01 inch or more) precipitation is 14 days.” That occurred from Aug. 10 to 23, 1873, with 8.81 inches in the gauge by the time it let up. Nearly 4 inches fell Aug. 13.
(AP PHOTO/ China, July 2010)